Pyotr Nikolayevich Mamonov
Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Mamonow ( Russian Пётр Николаевич Мамонов ; born April 14, 1951 in Moscow , Soviet Union ; † July 15, 2021 there ) was a Soviet or Russian rock musician, songwriter and actor .
Life
As the leader of the Moscow band Swuki Mu , Mamonov was one of the few rock musicians from the former Soviet Union who was recognized abroad in the 1980s. In Western Europe he worked with Brian Eno . During these years he began to work in films and over the course of a decade to produce and stage several one-man theater performances for himself. These performances also include an absurd alienation of the play The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov with the title Is there life on Mars? or the Chocolate Pushkin , in which he refers to the poet Alexander Pushkin refers without quoting from his works.
In the early 1990s, Mamonov turned to the Orthodox faith , moved away from Moscow and lived in a village. He returned to Moscow in 2006 and 2009 for further filming with Lungin.
Mamonov died in hospital as a result of complications from COVID-19 . Two weeks before his death, he was awarded the Order of Friendship .
Film reels
- In 1988 Mamonov played the role of doctor and drug dealer in Raschid Nugmanov's film Igla .
- The Russian director Pawel Semjonowitsch Lungin gave Mamonov one of the two leading roles in his 1990 film Taxi Blues , which was also shown at the Cannes Film Festival .
- In 2006 the religious film Ostrov - The Island was made , which closed the Venice Film Festival in the same year . The Patriarch of Moscow Alexius II praised the actor for his performance in the film. He was awarded a Nika for best actor.
- In 2009 Mamonov played the role of Ivan the Terrible in Lungin's film Tsar .
- In 2010 Mamonow took on the role of the doctor in Igla remix .
Web links
- Pyotr Mamonov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Mamonow at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ^ Musician, Actor and Writer Pyotr Mamonov is Dead at Age 70. In: themoscowtimes.com. July 15, 2021, accessed July 15, 2021 .
- ↑ Ekaterina Sapara, Christina Manitsch (Екатерина Запара, Кристина Манич): Умер Петр Мамонов. In: iz.ru . July 15, 2021, accessed July 16, 2021 (Russian).
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 02.07.2021 № 394 “О награждении государственными нагикойами еросссийсе" (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mamonov, Pyotr Nikolaevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мамонов, Пётр Николаевич (Russian) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Soviet or Russian rock musician, songwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Moscow |